Holy city
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For the small town in the Santa Cruz Mountains, see Holy City, California.
Holy city is a synonym applied to many cities, all of them central to the history or faith of specific religions. Such cities may also contain at least one headquarters complex (often containing a religious edifice, seminary, shrine, residence of the leading cleric of the religion and/or chambers of the religious leadership's offices) which constitutes a major destination of human traffic to the city, especially for major ceremonies and observances.
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These cities include:
Africa
- Nkamba (Kimbanguism)
- Ife (Yoruba religion)
- Moulay Idriss (Islam)
- Zion City Moria (Zion Christian Church)
- Ewu (St. Benedict Monastery), (Assemblies of God Church),(Alu-Oshaeraen Shrine), (Alu-Azido Shrine), the spiritual headquarters of Esan religion.
- Touba, Senegal (Mouridism)
Americas
- Cuzco (Ancient Incan religion)
- Salt Lake City (Latter Day Saint movement)
- Temple Lot (Latter Day Saint movement)
- Charleston, SC (Religious Diversity)
Europe
- Rome (Ancient Roman religion (polytheistic), Catholic Christianity)
- Constantinople (Ancient and Medieval, Christianity)
- Santiago de Compostela (Priscillianism, Catholic Christianity)
- Caravaca de la Cruz (Catholic Christianity)
- Santo Toribio de Liébana (Catholic Christianity)
Middle East
- Abydos (Ancient Egyptian religion)
- Jerusalem (Judaism, Christianity, Islam)
- Hebron (Judaism, Islam)
- Bethlehem (Christianity, Judaism)
- Kairouan (Sufi Islam)
- Karbala (Shia Islam)
- Haifa-Akká (Baha'i)
- Mashhad (Shia Islam)
- Mecca (Islam)
- Medina (Islam)
- Najaf (Shia Islam)
- Nippur (Ancient Mesopotamian religions)1
- Qom (Shia Islam)
- Safed (Judaism)
- Tiberias (Judaism)
South Asia
- Mount Abu (Jainism)
- Ranakpur (Jainism)
- Barmer (Jainism)
- Jaipur (Jainsm)
- Falna (Jainism)
- Amritsar (Sikhism)
- Anandpur Sahib (Sikhism)
- Ayodhya (Hinduism)
- Nathdwara (Hinduism)
- Salasar (Hinduism)
- Badrinath (Hinduism)
- Kurukshetra (Hinduism)
- Dwarka (Hinduism)
- Udaipur (Hinduism)
- Gaya/Bodh Gaya (Buddhism, Hinduism)
- Kanchipuram (Hinduism)
- Lumbini (Buddhism)
- Mathura (Hinduism)
- Nanded (Sikhism)
- Ajmer (Islam)
- Rajgir (Buddhism, Jainism)
- Palitana (Jainism)
- Pushkar (Hinduism)
- Poo Pathi (Hinduism)
- Puri (Hinduism)
- Rameswaram (Hinduism)
- Ujjain (Hinduism)
- Varanasi/Benares/Kashi (Hinduism, as well as Buddhism, Jainism)
- Vrindavan (Hinduism)
Central and East Asia
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